PANTALOON is a valid Scrabble word — 11 points
Yes. PANTALOON is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 11 points in Scrabble and 15 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept PANTALOON?
| Official Scrabble Players Dictionary USA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word List USA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
| Collins Scrabble Words English in most countries | Valid |
| Words with Friends Zynga word list | Valid |
Word power: 30 / 100
Our own measure of how useful PANTALOON is to know. It scores 11 from 9 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 6.4% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for PANTALOON
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
pantaloonsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How PANTALOON scores
Face value of the 9 tiles in PANTALOON, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| p | 1 | 2 |
| a | 2 | 9 |
| n | 2 | 6 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| o | 2 | 8 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so PANTALOON has to be built on the board across turns.
What does PANTALOON mean in Scrabble?
noun
historical
A foolish old man in comedy, or a type of close-fitting trousers worn in past centuries.
The pantaloon is a figure from Italian comedy and later English pantomime, the butt of every joke. The same word gave us the older clothing term, and Shakespeare uses it for a feeble, slippered old man in his list of life stages.
How PANTALOON is used
Mostly literary or historical; the clothing sense is often plural, as pantaloons.
- The pantaloon in the pantomime shuffled across the stage in slippers.
- Shakespeare describes a lean and slippered pantaloon in his speech on the ages of man.
- He wore a pair of striped pantaloon trousers for the costume party.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of PANTALOON and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with PANTALOON
4 longer words begin with PANTALOON.
Shorter words from the letters in PANTALOON
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Common questions about PANTALOON
- Is PANTALOON valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts PANTALOON, where it scores 15 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is PANTALOON worth?
- PANTALOON is worth 11 points in Scrabble and 15 points in Words with Friends.
- What does PANTALOON mean?
- A foolish old man in comedy, or a type of close-fitting trousers worn in past centuries.
- What letters can be added to PANTALOON?
- PANTALOON takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 9 letters of PANTALOON:
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